Via Palestro massacre

The Via Palestro massacre occurred on 27 July 1993 when the Sicilian Mafia car bombed the Via Palestro in Milan, Lombardy, killing five and wounding twelve. Two explosive bales were hidden under a dump truck near the Galleria d'Arte Moderna, where some firemen responded to a situation in which a stolen car was emitting white smoke. The car bomb then went off, killing three firemen, a municipal guard, and a homeless Moroccan immigrant. On the same day, two churches in Rome were bombed.